Currently, I am working fulltime as a Kennel Hand.
Ideally, i would love a position that is able to provide different and exiting opportunity's.
I am eager to learn and hear constructive criticism that will help my current skill set.
I especially love cats, fish and small mammals, but dogs will always hold a special place in my heart.
I am currently full time (Mon-Fri)
I manage daycare groups in small dogs and bigs dogs, creating a fun, safe and enriching environment.
Every second to third week I attend the off leash pack walks we provide.
I clean daycare areas depending on the roster/ what shift I am on.
This was a full time job. I manage groups of dogs and there play styles ranging from puppies to senior
dogs.
Preforming nose to tail health checks during the day is an important part of my job.
I feed out breakfast and dinners. I cleaned kennels and the play areas as well.
I have learnt to wash and dry dogs and attend to minor wounds.
-Managing groups of dogs and their play styles.
-Cleaning play areas, kennels and reception.
-Doing health checks/attending to wounds on dogs.
-Creating a fun, safe and enriching environment for the dogs.
-Creating relationships with the owners and dogs.
This was a full time job. I started as a Kennel Hand managing different groups of dogs and being a pack
walker. I leant how to do health checks, attend to wounds and bathe dogs.
I then moved up to being Head of Small/ Medium Dogs after 9 months. I created a strong, well-functioning team, I learnt how to build relationships with clients and their dogs.
Working reception was a big part of this roll as well.
During this time i learned basic training skills working with puppies and adolescent dogs.
I also learned training skills with human reactive dogs and dog reactive dogs.
-Managing different groups of dogs and creating appropriate enrichment.
-Crating relationships with the customers and their dogs.
-Creating rosters for my team.
-Training different dogs with varying behaviours.
-Walking packs of dogs responsibly.
I started off learning how to supervised different groups of dogs, as well as learning the food/medication routine.
Washing blankets, food and water bowls was an important part of my job as well as over all cleaning
- Teamwork
During my time at Complete Canine Care i learnt how to work as a team in the dog kennel industry and i have been progressing ever since
- Communication
During my time working at The Dove Shop i leant how to communicate with customers when working at the front desk
- Team Management
In my role as Head of Small/ Medium Dogs i was responsible for five staff members I set up meetings and rosters to make sure we were all on the same page